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Chicago Bears 7 at Denver Broncos 16

Monday, October 16, 1978

Chicago Bears 7, Denver Broncos 16

1234Final
Chicago Bears (3-4-0)00707
Denver Broncos (5-2-0)3001316

Scoring

CHIDEN
1stDENJim Turner 45 yard field goal03
3rdCHIRoland Harper 33 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)73
4thDENJon Keyworth 4 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)710
DENOtis Armstrong 9 yard pass from Craig Morton (kick failed)716

Team Stats

CHIDEN
First downs1518
Rush-yards-TDs40-210-036-135-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT15-26-170-1-215-24-183-1-1
Sacked-yards3-331-10
Net pass yards137173
Total yards347308
Fumbles-lost2-13-2
Turnovers33
Penalties-yards16-1478-85

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Walter Payton CHI 22 157 0 76 6 37 0 10
Bob Avellini CHI 15 25 170 1 1 33 3 11 0 7
Roland Harper CHI 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 31 0 7 4 54 1 33
James Scott CHI 2 45 0 23
Steve Schubert CHI 1 19 0 19
Golden Richards CHI 1 14 0 14
Art Best CHI 2 11 0 6
Greg Latta CHI 1 1 0 1
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Rick Upchurch DEN 4 60 0 21
Craig Morton DEN 8 13 109 1 1 21 1 5 0 5
Riley Odoms DEN 4 52 0 21
Rob Lytle DEN 11 41 0 13
Craig Penrose DEN 7 11 74 0 0 18 1 0 0 0
Otis Armstrong DEN 5 18 0 10 3 18 1 9
Jack Dolbin DEN 2 30 0 18
Haven Moses DEN 2 23 0 14
Lonnie Perrin DEN 7 22 0 8
Jon Keyworth DEN 6 21 1 10
Larry Canada DEN 4 14 0 5
Steve Foley DEN 1 14 0 14

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Wentford Gaines CHI 1 0 0 0 2 39 19.5 0 0
Steve Schubert CHI 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0
Len Walterscheid CHI 0 0 0 0 2 50 25.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Steve Foley DEN 2 0 0 0
Rick Upchurch DEN 0 0 0 0 2 14 7.0 0 0